BMY vs BLTE vs NUVB Stock Comparison

Bristol Myers Squibb, Belite Bio and Nuvation Bio Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co
$61.61 -2.0% 1M +40.6% 1Y
Market cap
$125.85B
P/E
13.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$49.19B
Div. yield
4.09%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
5 wins
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc
$143.35 -14.3% 1M +54.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.64B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
1 win
NUVB Nuvation Bio Inc.
$4.51 -21.2% 1M -7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.56B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$169.90M
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Bristol Myers Squibb leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Bristol Myers Squibb 5, Nuvation Bio 2, Belite Bio 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBMYBLTENUVBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $125.85B $5.64B $1.56B BMY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.6x -62.4x -10.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.3x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.1% — +1,083.6% NUVB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.9% — -88.2% BMY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -3.3% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 78.9x — 4.9x NUVB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.09% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +40.6% +54.4% -7.0% BLTE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.8%/yr — -14.0%/yr BMY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.4% 53.9% 79.2% BMY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 — 63/100 BMY

Percentile Scorecard

BMYBLTENUVB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBMYBLTENUVB
Valuation 82 #50 of 275 53 #129 of 275 60 #111 of 275
Growth 51 #125 of 253 2 #247 of 253 59 #105 of 253
Profitability 89 #26 of 224 – 65 #80 of 224
Financial Health 22 #231 of 296 – 68 #96 of 296
Shareholder Returns 90 #13 of 126 – 63 #47 of 126
Overall 67 – 63
  • BMY ranked among 305 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • BLTE ranked among 305 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NUVB ranked among 305 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBMYBLTENUVBSPY
1 month -2.0%-14.3%-21.2% -0.8%
3 months -1.5%-9.5%-32.3% +3.5%
6 months +6.6%-12.1%-1.1% +7.0%
Year to date +14.2%-10.4%-49.7% +12.2%
1 year +40.6%+54.4%-7.0% +13.0%
3 years +20.8%+284.8%+342.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.5%+56.8%+64.2% +23.1%
5 years +9.1%—-53.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.8%—-14.0% +11.0%
10 years +25.0%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.3%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBMYBLTENUVBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.4%53.9%79.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.6%48.5%76.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.201.041.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.431.01-0.09 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-74.6%-90.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.5%-26.0%-52.7% -1.8%
52-week high $68.09$193.61$9.54 $779.14
52-week low $42.60$93.02$4.05 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBMYBLTENUVB
P/E now vs peer median 13.6xmedian 10.4x -62.4xmedian 10.4x -10.5xmedian 10.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 6.4x —median 6.4x 9.2xmedian 6.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 388.9xmedian 10.7x —median 10.7x -6.8xmedian 10.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 12.5x —median 12.5x -12.1xmedian 12.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 1.6x 7.3xmedian 1.6x 6.2xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 2.20median 0.29 1.49median 0.29 8.01median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBMYBLTENUVB
Revenue $49.19B – $169.90M
Gross profit $34.51B – –
Operating income -$2.77B -$90.61M -$137.63M
Net income $9.28B -$102.25M -$149.83M
Free cash flow $11.44B – -$128.93M
R&D $10.72B $44.18M $128.85M
EPS (diluted) $4.53 $-2.30 $-0.43
Cash & equivalents $8.72B – $258.60M
Total debt $43.12B – $5.89M
Shares (diluted) 2.05B 33.54M 348.77M
Enterprise value $77.12B $5.64B -$710.21M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBMYBLTENUVB
P/E 13.6x -62.4x -10.5x
P/FCF 11.0x – -12.1x
P/Operating cash flow 9.8x – -13.0x
P/S 2.6x – 9.2x
P/B 5.6x 7.3x 6.2x
P/Tangible book 25.5x 7.3x 6.4x
EV/EBITDA 388.9x – -6.8x
EV/EBIT -57.0x -62.2x -6.6x
EV/Revenue 3.2x – 5.3x
EV/FCF 13.8x – -7.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.4x – -7.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.20 1.49 8.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBMYBLTENUVB
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.1% – 1,084%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.9% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.9% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.3% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 63.5% -111.4% 38.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -17.9% -77.7% -9.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 83.3% -108.0% 26.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.2% -85.2% -18.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 82.9% -78.6% 27.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.2% -41.8% -1.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -19.6% – 28.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.6% – -14.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -21.5% – 23.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.2% – -16.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBMYBLTENUVB
Gross margin 70.2% – –
EBITDA margin 0.8% – -79.0%
Operating margin -5.6% – -81.0%
Pretax margin 24.2% – -88.2%
Net margin 18.9% – -88.2%
FCF margin 23.3% – -75.9%
Operating cash flow margin 26.0% – -70.9%
Return on equity 43.7% -9.8% -52.3%
Return on assets 10.7% -9.6% -22.1%
Return on invested capital -3.3% – –
Return on capital employed -4.0% – -23.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x – 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% – 20.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBMYBLTENUVB
Debt / assets 49.2% – 0.8%
Debt / equity 1.9x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 78.9x – 4.9x
Debt / FCF 3.8x – 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 74.5% 1.9% 65.9%
Equity / assets 25.5% 98.1% 34.1%
Interest coverage – – -5.2x
Current ratio 1.5x – 8.4x
Quick ratio 1.2x – 7.9x
Cash ratio 0.6x – 7.6x
Altman Z-score 2.07 – 0.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBMYBLTENUVB
Dividend yield 4.1% – –
Net buyback yield – – -0.7%
Shareholder yield 4.1% – -0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBMYBLTENUVB
Forward P/E 9.3xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $6.62FY2026 $-3.11FY2026 $-0.38FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.6%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after -3.5% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $52.09BFY2026 $0.00FY2026 $187.51MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 – +198.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.2% – +52.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBMYBLTENUVB
Held by institutions 81.8% 28.2% 66.6%
Institutions holding 2,519 82 238
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% +3.4% +5.7%
Institutions buying 1,185 51 148
Institutions selling 986 22 50
Buyers to sellers 1.20 2.32 2.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BMYBLTENUVB
BMY 1.00 0.13 0.17
BLTE 0.13 1.00 0.24
NUVB 0.17 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BMY, BLTE and NUVB?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) $125.85B, Belite Bio (BLTE) $5.64B, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) $1.56B.

Which company is growing faster?

Nuvation Bio (NUVB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +3.1%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) +1,083.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has the highest net margin (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 18.9%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -88.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Belite Bio (BLTE) returned the most: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +40.6%, Belite Bio (BLTE) +54.4%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -7.0%. Over five years, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) compounded fastest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +1.8%/yr, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -14.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 4.09%. Belite Bio (BLTE) and Nuvation Bio (NUVB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has been the steadiest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 28.4%, Belite Bio (BLTE) 53.9%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) 79.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BMY, BLTE and NUVB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.